Amika Mota

We knew that she had a medical background, and any time that we have somebody that comes out here with a medical background is very helpful.

So, yeah, she was very good at all that stuff.

All medical stuff, not just being a midwife delivering babies.

But she was just bright.

And it's a leadership role here in the house for the other inmates.

It was fall during the really foggy, foggy season.

And so the fog was really, really heavy.

And so, you know,

In the fire engine on the way to the call, we could hardly see.

The fog was so thick.

And we had heard that there was a cotton truck involved.

It was like a four-lane highway, and it was a cotton truck that had been rear-ended by somebody else and kind of spun out, and the cotton bales fell off onto the freeway.

You know, the routine is it comes in over, the call comes in over dispatch, and you get suited and booted real quick, so you get your full turnout gear on.

It's your real heavy gear, and then we all jump in the engine.

And I was nervous.

It was my first, you know, car accident.

And I know the captains and the chief were a little bit nervous about me coming to this scene, too.

I was just talking to God, like, please let me be able to handle this.

Please give me the strength to maintain some composure.

Oh, yeah, absolutely.